List of Cubans
This is a list of famous Cubans
Art
Wifredo Lam , painter
Cazasoles , painter
Pedro Pablo Oliva ,painter
Amelia Pelaes ,painter
Ana Flor Castro ,painter
Alexey Perez,(Permonte) ,painter
Entertainment
Albita singer
Mellow Man Ace rapper, brother of Cypress Hill member Sen Dog .
Alicia Alonso prima ballerina
Bozenka Cuban-born professional bellydancer who won Miss America of Bellydance 2000, Shakira's dance choreographer
Maria Conchita Alonso Cuban born, Venezuelan nationalized actress
Rosaura Andreu . children's television entertainer
Desi Arnaz actor, Hollywood star, husband of Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz Jr. American born actor, half-Cuban
Lucy Arnaz , actress
Steven Bauer Hollywood star
Jorge Bolet , concert pianist
Cachita , transexual television actress
Jorge Castillo , Cuban born cook, Mariel boatlift, TV and Internet personality
Ana Cristina , singer
Celia Cruz singer
Xavier Cugat musician
Raul De Molina paparazzo, television gossiper
Rosario Dawson Actress of Cuban, Puerto Rican, Irish, Native American, and African-American descent.
Sen Dog rapper and member of rap group Cypress Hill .
Myrka Dellanos show host
Cameron Diaz Hollywood star, half Cuban
Emilio Estefan producer
Gloria Estefan singer
La Lupe singer
Fat Joe half-Cuban, half-Puerto Rican rapper
Lily Estefan model, show host, cousin of Emilio Estefan
Cesar Evora actor
Daisy Fuentes model, show host
Mario Ernesto Sanchez actor, founder of Teatro Avante
Amar Gamal Bellydancer who won Ms. America & Ms. World of Bellydance in 1996.
Francisco Gattorno Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actor
Andy Garcia actor
Odalys Garcia singer and show host
Alex Garcia Famed New York Nuevo Latino Chef and host of the "Melting Pot" on the Food Network
Alvarez Guedes comedian and author
Vida Guerra model
Olga Guillot singer
Horacio Gutierrez , concert pianist
Fabiola Herrera , Filmmaker, writer, director
Henry LaFont comedian, famous in Puerto Rico
Maria Laria Puerto Rican born talk show host of Cuban parents.
Ernesto Lecuona , composer and songwriter
Carlos Leon former husband of Madonna
Cuban Link rapper former member of the Terror Squad .
Niurka Marcos , Cuban born, Mexican nationalized actress
A.J. McLean , of Cuban/German/Italian descent. Member of Backstreet Boys.
Christina Milian Singer born to Cuban parents.
Eva Mendes Cuban-American actress.
Raul Musibay , Food Network Chef, Internet Entrepreneur, Author
Martita coffee maker who got hired to serve coffee at Univision and began appearing regularly on Univision's tv shows, ultimately even writing her own biographical book.
Manuel Membrillo comedian
Beny Moré musician
Marian Pabon , Puerto Rican actress, Cuban by father's side
Mario Pabon , actor, famous in Puerto Rico
Elizabeth Pena actress
Tony Plana , actor, "Resurrection Boulevard "
Ana Maria Polo , United States television judge
Carlos Manuel Pruneda , singer
Mercedes Renard , actress
Ángel Reyes , violinist
B Real , (half mexican ) rapper, member of rap group Cypress Hill .
Mercedes Ruehl actress
Victor Rivers , actor
Santiago Rodriguez , concert pianist
Samy hair stylist and television entrepreneur
Mongo Santamaria Jazz musician
Cristina Saralegui magazine editor, talk show host and actress
Jon Secada singer
Compay Segundo of the Buena Vista Social Club
Jamie Lynn Sigler American born actress and singer, half-Cuban
Sissy model
Mike Anthony Vitar Cuban-American actor. Starred in 1993's The Sandlot.
Mayra Veronica model
Fransheska Companioni ,baby model
Andrew Companioni ,baby model
Pedro Zamora AIDS activist, was in The Real World Mauricio Zeilic television gossiper
Guillermo Diaz actor
Martika 1980's pop singer
Pitbull rapper
Don Dinero rapper
Roldán González rapper - Orishas
Yotuel Romero rapper - Orishas
Hiram "Ruzzo" Riveri Cuban rapper - Orishas
Elizabeth Kelly American born actress, model and singer, half-Cuban
Sugar Ramos Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer
Félix Savón amateur boxer
Victor Mesa baseball player
Guillermo Rigondeaux , amateur boxer
Javier Sotomayor track and field record setter
Teofilo Stevenson amateur boxer
Zoilo Versalles baseball player and first Latino major league MVP 1965
Sergio Olivia professional bodybuilder, Mr. Olympia
Politics
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Raúl Castro (brother of Fidel)
Che Guevara , argentine, cuban nationalized revolutionary.
Luis A. Ferré Puerto Rico governor, half Cuban, by father's side
Justo González , historian and theologian
Fernando González , one of the Five Cuban Spy
René González , one of the Five Cuban Spy
Antonio Guerrero , one of the Five Cuban Spy
Gerardo Hernández , one of the Five Cuban Spy
Ramón Labañino , one of the Five Cuban Spy
Carlos Gutierrez , former head of Kellogg and now U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Paul Lafargue Cuban-born French Communist and son-in-law to Karl Marx .
Jorge Mas Canosa Founder of Cuban American National Foundation
Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen U.S. House of Representatives (Florida)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart U.S. House of Representatives (Florida)
Mel Martinez United States Senate (Florida)
Robert Menendez U.S. House of Representatives (New Jersey)
Albio Sires Speaker, New Jersey General Assembly
Father Félix Varela "As long as there is thought in Cuba, we will have to remember he, the one who taught us how to think" (Dr. José de la Luz y Caballero).
Oswaldo Payá Founder of Proyecto Varela Part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello Part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
René Gómez Manzano Part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Félix Bonne Carcassés Part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Vladimiro Roca Antúnez Blas Roca's son Part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Canek Sánchez Guevara Che Guevara's grandson oppose to Fidel Castro. Freak Rocker founder of the first Heavy Metal Fanzine in Cuba.
Manuel Antonio González Castellanos independent Journalist part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Leonardo Varona González independent Journalist part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Roberto Rodríguez Rodríguez independent Journalist part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Jesús Joel Díaz Hernández independent Journalist part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Lázaro Constantín Durán part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Reynaldo Alfaro García part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Julio César Coizeau Rizo part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Cecilio Monteagudo Sánchez part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Juan Carlos Recio Martínez part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Israel García Hidalgo part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Benito Fojaco Iser part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Angel Nicolas Gonzalo part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
José Ramón López Filgueira part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Reynaldo Sardiñas Delgado part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Bernardo Arévalo Padrón part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Dr. Dessy Mendoza Rivero part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Orestes Rodríguez Horruitiner part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Maritza Lugo Fernández part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Raúl Ayarde Herrera part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Cecilio Ruíz Rivero part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Lorenzo Paez Núñez part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Dagoberto Vega Jaime part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Nestor Rodríguez Lobaina part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Radamés García de la Vega part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Ana María Agramonte Crespo part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Enrique García Morejón part of Castro's opposition in cuba.
Science
Carlos Juan Finlay , epidemiologist, developer of the yellow fever vaccine
Rodrigo Alvares Cambra , orthopedist
Felipe Poey , zoologist
Writers
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See also: List of people by nationality
